Information technology has disrupted so many industries and human activities that everyone expected it would disrupt education as well.
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2016 @ 11:24 am
By: John William Pope Center
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I've had a few cats through the years, starting with Baggins and Swoop. We were in our Lord of the Rings phase when we named them - long before there were Lord of the Rings movies.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 11:20 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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E. M. Forster's frightening short story "The Machine Stops" (1909) depicts a post-apocalyptic world in which all human activity has been subsumed by a global digital network similar to the Internet (except that Forster's version is controlled by a worldwide government bureaucracy)...
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 @ 2:40 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The East Carolina University College of Nursing's first Massive Open Online Course, or MOOC, attracted a global audience of more than 700 to learn about the science behind caring.
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 1:06 am
By: ECU News Services
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Making education available to online learners around the globe, East Carolina University is now offering its first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC).
Published: Friday, June 6th, 2014 @ 1:24 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Big things were anticipated for higher education reform in 2013 - but the sizzle turned to fizzle in many cases. Landmark court decisions got pushed off for another year, bubbles didn't quite burst, MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) did not take over vast swaths of the higher education...
Published: Saturday, December 28th, 2013 @ 1:24 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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There has been tremendous buzz about online higher education in recent years, both from insiders and reformers. Much of it is deserved - obviously, there's a lot of new technology out there with great potential for teaching and learning. But there is also a lot of confusion.
Published: Tuesday, December 24th, 2013 @ 1:19 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Colleges and universities must adopt College 2020 if they want to remain in the game, says Vance Fried.
Published: Thursday, April 11th, 2013 @ 4:45 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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